Welding Backpack

ABSTRACT

The disclosure is the only product of its kind that is built to accommodate every welder&#39;s needs and permits easy accessibility to all tools necessary to complete an operation. The portable welding tool backpack is uniquely designed with durable materials and can be used by a wide variety of individuals in any sort of environment and climate. The disclosure includes a pair of shoulder support hooks and a harness attached to the pair of shoulder support hooks, the harness comprising a hose spool connector, wherein the harness is in a “Y” shape comprising a single end, double ends and a junction there between. A belt and a buckle connect to the harness and hold the harness against a user&#39;s back and encircle a waist of the user. A hose spool attached to the hose spool connector has a barrel configured to extend from the harness for holding a welding hose.

BACKGROUND

Welders, often, spend up to twenty minutes setting up equipment and up to fifteen to thirty minutes after the work is complete devoted to site management. This activity, separate from actual work extends work hours and thus a means to simplify the task could serve as a great asset to such professionals. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.

An apparatus to simplify the process of setting up equipment and cleaning up after use of welding equipment. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either. There exists a need for a device and a system such as the Welding Tool Backpack, that is not being met by any known or disclosed device or system of present.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main purpose of the Welding Tool Backpack is to provide users with a compact, multi-functional welding backpack to decrease the setup and clean up time in a work environment.

The disclosure is the only product of its kind that is built to accommodate every welder's needs and permits easy accessibility to all tools necessary to complete an operation. The portable welding tool backpack is uniquely designed with durable materials and can be used by a wide variety of individuals in any sort of environment and climate. The disclosure includes a pair of shoulder support hooks and a harness attached to the pair of shoulder support hooks, the harness comprising a hose spool connector, wherein the harness is in a “Y” shape comprising a single end, double ends and a junction there between. A belt and a buckle connect to the harness and hold the harness against a user's back and encircle a waist of the user. A hose spool attached to the hose spool connector has a barrel configured to extend from the harness for holding a welding hose.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the Welding Tool Backpack apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended to hereto and their equivalents.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the Welding Tool Backpack apparatus showing: Padded shoulder support hooks for top argon bottle referenced as A., Pad referenced as B., Loops for buckle and strap referenced as C., Buckle referenced as D., Hose spool connector referenced as E. Leather strap referenced as F., Buckle holes referenced as G., Loop to hold load referenced as H., Hose spool referenced as I., in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The present disclosed Welding Tool Backpack, also know n as the “TackPack”, introduces a novel backpack that includes a spool for hoses, and a loop that strategically carries a welding hood in order to expedite the cleaning process. With built in rig-holders for hoses and gauges, this highly operational product expands on the initial design of a backpack and enables w elders to significantly increase levels of productivity as it relates to site management. The TackPack provides a sleek, multi-purpose welding accessory that eliminates set up time and allows for smoother, time efficient operation.

Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A harness comprising: a pair of shoulder support hooks; a harness attached to the pair of shoulder support hooks, the harness comprising a hose spool connector; a belt and a buckle configured to connect to the harness and hold the harness against a user's back and encircle a waist of the user; a hose spool attached to the hose spool connector and having a barrel configured to extend from the harness; and a rig holder for a gauge and a hose termination attached to the harness.
 2. The harness of claim 1, wherein the shoulder support hooks each extend in a loop across a chest of the user to the belt and attach thereto.
 3. The harness of claim 1, wherein the hose spool connector comprises a rod attached at an end thereof to the harness for mounting an arbor of the hose spool.
 4. The harness of claim 1, wherein the hose spool barrel is configured to rotate on the hose spool connector.
 5. The harness of claim 1, wherein the shoulder support hooks each comprise a rigid crook end.
 6. The harness of claim 1, further comprising a welding helmet attachment configured to loop around one of the shoulder support hooks to support a welding helmet.
 7. The harness of claim 1, wherein the harness comprises a “Y” shape having a single end and double ends and a junction there between.
 8. The harness of claim 7, wherein a flange of the hose spool is disposed against the single end.
 9. The harness of claim 1, wherein a flange of the hose spool is disposed against a single end of the harness in a “Y” shape comprising also double ends thereof.
 10. The harness of claim 1, wherein the buckle and the belt are in a ratchet communication.
 11. A harness system for a welder comprising: a pair of shoulder support hooks; a harness attached to the pair of shoulder support hooks, the harness comprising a hose spool connector, wherein the harness is in a “Y” shape comprising a single end, double ends and a junction there between; a belt and a buckle configured to connect to the harness and hold the harness against a user's back and encircle a waist of the user; a hose spool attached to the hose spool connector and having a barrel configured to extend from the harness; and a rig holder for a gauge and a hose termination attached to the harness.
 12. The harness system of claim 11, wherein the hose spool connector is disposed on the junction and attaches to an arbor of the hose spool.
 13. The harness system of claim 11, wherein the shoulder support hooks each extend from a crook thereof to the belt and attach in a slidable relation thereto.
 14. The harness system of claim 11, wherein the hose spool is in a fixed relation to the hose spool connector with a barrel thereof extending away from the harness.
 15. The harness system of claim 11, wherein the belt is in a slidable relation to the single end of the harness.
 16. The harness system of claim 11, further comprising a strap configured to hold the pair of shoulder support hooks at a predetermined distance from each other.
 17. The harness system of claim 11, further comprising a strap configured to hold the pair of shoulder support hooks at a predetermined distance from each other via a buckle there between.
 18. The harness system of claim 11, wherein the belt and the buckle comprise a portion of the harness.
 19. The harness system of claim 11, wherein the hose spool comprises a single flange disposed at an end of the barrel of the hose spool and a portion of the harness acts as another flange.
 20. The harness system of claim 11, further comprising clips disposed on the pair of shoulder support hooks configured to hold a welding helmet on a user. 